Whenever a team gets a new player, the player puts on a jersey and hat, smiles, gets his picture taken and says he’s glad to be there. The team’s general manager puts his arm around the new player and says the team is glad to have him.
On Tuesday, that team was the Kansas City Royals, and that player was Jorge Soler.
A new-player news conference is a nice photo opportunity but not overly informative, so let’s dig into the numbers and see what we can learn about the Royals’ new right fielder. (Remember: for a guy who has three years in the big leagues, we’re working with a fairly small sample size.